1 Whakarongo ki tēnei kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā mō koutou, e ngā tama a Īharaira, mō te hapū katoa i kawea mai e ahau i te whenua o Īhipa, i mea ahau:
2 “Ko koutou anake tāku i mōhio ai
3 E haere tahi anō rānei te tokorua,
4 E hāmama rānei te raiona i te ngahere
5 E taka rānei te manu ki roto ki te māhanga i runga i te whenua
6 E tangi rānei te tētere i roto i tētahi pā,
7 He pono e kore te Ariki, a Ihowā, e mahi i tētahi mea,
8 Kua hāmama te raiona;
9 Pānuitia atu i roto i ngā whare kīngi i Aharoro,
10 “Kāhore hoki rātou e mōhio ki te mahi i te tika,” e ai tā Ihowā,
11 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:
12 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:
13 “Whakarongo koutou, whakaaturia hoki he hē mō te whare o Hākopa,” e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, tā te Atua o ngā mano.
14 “Nō te mea hei te rā e pā ai tāku ki a Īharaira mō ōna poka kē,
15 Ka patua anō e ahau te whare hōtoke